Abstract:Elise, in her own erudite and engaging way, addresses the question, "Why won't he really talk to me?" Underpinning her core argument, Elise posits that a "masculine sense of self is felt to be dependent on an impermeable psychic boundary that is not to be penetrated." In coining male impenetrability as the "citadel complex," however, Elise introduces a lexicon of battle, polarization, and defense. And it is around this arena of her argument that Wrye raises most of her questions. First, Wrye questions if Elise… Show more
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